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Seefeld triple winner Norway's Ida Marie Hagen celebrates after the Women's Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/7.5 km competition at the Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld. Barbara Gindl/APA/dpa
Norway's Ida Marie Hagen secured the Nordic combined women's overall World Cup title as she was crowned Seefeld Triple winner on Sunday.
Hagen took the lead in the Triple after topping the ski jumping portion. She then claimed the trophy with victory in the 7.5-kilometre cross country race, clocking 21 minutes 03.2 seconds.
The overall podium was completed by the United States with Alexa Brabec in second and Tara Geraghty-Moats in third.
Hagen has completely dominated the season, winning 10 of 12 events so far on the way to her second overall title. With two events left, nobody can reach her in the standings.
The women's Nordic combined is not part of the programme of the Winter Olympics, which start on Friday. The competition, however, will take a break until March 6.
In the men's Triple, Norwegian Jens Lurås Oftebro snatched the title from Austria's Stefan Rettenegger.
Rettenegger thought he would claim the trophy on home soil after leading the standings following the jump portion, but was beaten Oftebro in the cross country race by 3.7 seconds.
Germany's Vinzenz Geiger completed the podium of the third stage.
Norway's Eirin Maria Kvandal, meanwhile, will head to the Olympics on a high after claiming back-to-back ski jumping World Cup wins in Willingen, Germany.
In the last event before the Games, Kvandal jumped 136 metres and 138.5 metres for a total of 251.8 points on Sunday.
The Norwegian had claimed her first win of the season the day before in Willingen.
"It’s wild - I don’t even know what to say," Kvandal said.
"It’s crazy, I’m very happy. I saw at the top there was a quite a lot of wind but I just tried to do my thing and jump the best," she added.
Japan's Nozomi Maruyama was second, while World Cup leader Nika Prevc of Slovenia had to settle for third.
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(L-R) US' 2nd placed Alexa Brabec, Norway's winner Ida Marie Hagen and US' Tara Geraghty-Moats celebrate after the Women's Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/7.5 km competition at the Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld. Barbara Gindl/APA/dpa
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Seefeld triple winner Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro celebrates after the Men's individual Gundersen normal hill/12.5 km competition in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld. Barbara Gindl/APA/dpa
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(L-R) Austria's 2nd placed Stefan Rettenegger, Norway's winner Jens Luraas Oftebro and Germany's Vinzenz Geiger celebrate after the Men's individual Gundersen normal hill/12.5 km competition in the Nordic Combined World Cup in Seefeld. Barbara Gindl/APA/dpa
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